I settled on the Cinema Mode and Eco Mode for night time movie viewing and by simply drawing my drapes during the day time, am able to have plenty of brightness from Normal Mode for day time movie viewing so far. I don’t have my cable box connected to this set up, so I have not tried watching sports or TV shows, but when I do, will provide and update to this review.
Now I see this as a blessing in disguise. Epson will replace you bulb for free, but you’ll be without a projector for a few days while you wait to receive it. If the bulbs keep burning out around 400 hours (when they are rated for 2000-3000) then you should never have to buy a new bulb. We’ll see what happens though – I’ve only owned this for a few weeks.
In addition to the stunningly clear picture, we can now watch movies during the day.
This Epson unit has one mandantory reguirement for installation and positioning. It must be 90 degrees to the screen in the x, y and z axis. Assuming the screen is exactly vertical, it must be level both front to rear and side to side; and not rotated from 90 degrees to the screen left or right. It does not need to be centered on the screen as the lateral image shift will take care of that. The vertical image shift takes care of pointing it down from its high mount. There is no keystone issue at all if it is square with the screen, regardless of position. The image is astounding. Far superior to my previous unit in all factors. It has many features and capabilities, most of which you will not need. I plugged in component cables for DirecTV and an HDMI cable for an off-air box. Both are great. It powered up and was ready to go.
If you want a great projector tv for minimal cost, this is it. With an Hd feed through HDMI, I can honestly say that this is one of the best pictures I have ever seen. From 12ft onto a 150″ screen this is amazing.
Now I see this as a blessing in disguise. Epson will replace you bulb for free, but you’ll be without a projector for a few days while you wait to receive it. If the bulbs keep burning out around 400 hours (when they are rated for 2000-3000) then you should never have to buy a new bulb. We’ll see what happens though – I’ve only owned this for a few weeks.
It’s been about 12 months since I started evaluating a LED TV or a Projector. In favor of the TV were: TV is smaller, brighter, easier to setup and the quality normally better, especially during the day. In favor of the Projector were: SIZE, ease of transport (although I dont plan on moving this thing all over the place, its nice to know that if there is a game or movie and you want to host it somewhere you could), price and final “experience”.
This Epson unit has one mandantory reguirement for installation and positioning. It must be 90 degrees to the screen in the x, y and z axis. Assuming the screen is exactly vertical, it must be level both front to rear and side to side; and not rotated from 90 degrees to the screen left or right. It does not need to be centered on the screen as the lateral image shift will take care of that. The vertical image shift takes care of pointing it down from its high mount. There is no keystone issue at all if it is square with the screen, regardless of position. The image is astounding. Far superior to my previous unit in all factors. It has many features and capabilities, most of which you will not need. I plugged in component cables for DirecTV and an HDMI cable for an off-air box. Both are great. It powered up and was ready to go.
I got it home Friday evening and within 20 to 30 minutes I was watching ‘The Incredibles’ with my new Epson 8350. Keep in mind this was the DVD version, so not the full 1080p output the projector is capable of, but still, it was simply mind blowing. Having missed The Incredibles on its theater run, I was overjoyed at the result. At nearly three times the size of what my 50 inch screen could produce, and being able to sit so close, our eyes were immersed in the fantastic world of Pixar animation magic.
You won’t run short if you have several different custom settings for different media situations and/or devices within your theater system. Set up of the projector was fairly easy. (15-30 minutes followed by a few tweaks ongoing over 2-3 movies just after we got it up and running). Try of course to get the projector dead on center for your screen and located in the as-correct-as-possible vertical and horizontal position so the lens is as parallel and centered to the screen as possible. At that point you can adjust the lens shift vertically or horizontally to get the screen image dead center and sized correctly using the manual zoom. Once you have the projector set up for the perfect screen position, you should not have to worry about it again as I’ve found no shift at all out of perfect screen alignment, in anything I’ve watched. The Epson also has a calibration vertical/horizontal bar on-screen display which really makes set-up so easy and allows those of us who are picky (me) about resolving any misalignment or keystone for the projected image.
If the bulb blows, I will update back.
This Epson unit has one mandantory reguirement for installation and positioning. It must be 90 degrees to the screen in the x, y and z axis. Assuming the screen is exactly vertical, it must be level both front to rear and side to side; and not rotated from 90 degrees to the screen left or right. It does not need to be centered on the screen as the lateral image shift will take care of that. The vertical image shift takes care of pointing it down from its high mount. There is no keystone issue at all if it is square with the screen, regardless of position. The image is astounding. Far superior to my previous unit in all factors. It has many features and capabilities, most of which you will not need. I plugged in component cables for DirecTV and an HDMI cable for an off-air box. Both are great. It powered up and was ready to go.
In addition to the stunningly clear picture, we can now watch movies during the day.
The projector focuses extremely well, and the image was even throughout the range, with crisp details corner to corner. A handy “pattern” button on the remote projects a nice, crisp pattern for focus and image centering. Screen-door effects were basically non-existant, and you could only make out the pixel matrix from less than about 3 feet from the screen. At 1080p, with a nice Blu Ray source, the result is stunning. Honestly, this setup with a good sound system is better than most theaters.
Hello I have a Sharp XR30X projector. I have also bought a ceiling mount. I shoot the image onto a white King size bed sheet hung from my ceiling. Howvever, When I mounted the Projector I was not able to mount in center of screen as I do not have a stud in the center. So it is off to one side. Thought I would be able to compensate this offset by useing keystone. Appently I am wrong. Image looks straight on top, but on the bottom, One sie is higher than the other. If I tilt the projector to fix bottom then the top is off. is this because the projector is not dead center of the screen?
I am considering to get a 2 X 4 and paint it white, and run it across the ceiling from one stud to another and then mount projector on this 2 X 4 in the center. Please comment and let me know if there is an easier fix. i can not move the screen as it takes the whole space.
Thank you
Sharp Projector Ceiling Mount
You could perhaps secure a wide board to the studs and mount the projector to that so that it is centered left-right. I guess that is what you are considering in your last paragraph–that may be the only solution.
If you don’t set it up like the manual shows you, you will never get a square and focused picture on it….
Then when you can afford it….get one of those DA-LITE glass bead screens….You will drop your jaw when you see how intense that picture becomes !!
Sharp Projector Ceiling Mount
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